Many technological applications, such as sensors and batteries, greatly rely on electrochemical reactions. Improving these ...

These "cosmic clocks" can help researchers answer big questions in physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

A researcher in Germany has revealed how “millisecond pulsars” – neutron stars with rotational periods ranging from 1–10 ms – slow over time. By exploring how a pulsar behaves when it stops accreting ...

When the nuclear fuel in the core of a massive star is spent, the star collapses and releases so much energy in the process that it briefly radiates a billion times brighter than before. Such a ...

In a major step toward practical quantum computers, Princeton engineers have built a superconducting qubit that lasts three times longer than today's best versions. "The real challenge, the thing that ...

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